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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION·NCES 370331002084
Tucker Creek Middle
200 Sermons Boulevard, Havelock, NC 28532 · (252) 444-7200 · Craven County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
213 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 162 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
66.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
72.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tucker Creek Middle
Tucker Creek Middle's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Creek Middle this school | 478 | 44.6% | 70.8% |
| Orange Middle Hillsborough | 514 | 43.4% | 62.2% |
| Hendersonville Middle Hendersonville | 540 | 49.6% | 63.4% |
| New Bridge Middle Jacksonville | 482 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Currituck County Middle Barco | 435 | 50.3% | 57.2% |
| Lakeshore Middle Mooresville | 531 | 40.5% | 54.5% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tucker Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #48 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #39 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #64 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #321 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #193 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #286 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #398 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #279 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 478 | 30.3 | 15.8:1 | 45% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 29.3 | 17.7:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 27.7 | 18.8:1 | 44% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 26 | 20.4:1 | 21% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 28.4 | 17.3:1 | 32% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 36% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 34% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 35% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tucker Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (492 to 478); teachers up 6% (28.4 to 30.3).
About Tucker Creek Middle
Tucker Creek Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in Havelock, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 478 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 21% below the 605-student average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Tucker Creek Middle is part of Craven County Board of Education, where 26 schools serve 12,152 students.
Of every 100 students at Tucker Creek Middle, about 61 are White. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 10% multiracial. The diversity index for Tucker Creek Middle is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is close to this figure. The school reported 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 74% average for public schools in Craven County is 29 points higher.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Tucker Creek Middle outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Tucker Creek Middle, the prediction is 65.2% and the result is 70.8%.
In the wider Craven County area, the median household earns about $65,873 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Tucker Creek Middle shares Craven County with 26 other public schools.
W Jesse Gurganus Elementary is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Tucker Creek Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tucker Creek Middle ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 478, from 530 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Craven County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,612
Census ACS
Median income
$65,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,526 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Craven County Board of Education
- New Bern HighHigh · 1,637 students
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- West Craven HighHigh · 751 students
- H J MacDonald MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- West Craven MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Grover C Fields MiddleMiddle · 542 students
Other schools in Havelock
- Havelock HighHigh · 1,014 students
- Arthur W Edwards ElementaryElementary · 489 students
- Roger Bell New Tech AcademyElementary · 408 students
- W Jesse Gurganus ElementaryElementary · 340 students
- Havelock MiddleMiddle · 313 students
- Havelock ElementaryElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- W Jesse Gurganus Elementary1.3 mi · 340
- Arthur W Edwards Elementary1.5 mi · 489
- Graham A Barden Elementary2.5 mi · 237
- Havelock Elementary4.2 mi · 248
- Early College EAST High4.2 mi · 208
- Havelock High4.2 mi · 1,014
Frequently asked questions
About Tucker Creek MiddleHow many students attend Tucker Creek Middle?
Tucker Creek Middle enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tucker Creek Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tucker Creek Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tucker Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tucker Creek Middle is approximately 15.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tucker Creek Middle?
At Tucker Creek Middle, the student body is approximately 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Tucker Creek Middle public or private?
Tucker Creek Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Craven County Board of Education.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.